As we speed towards May’s General Election, the government should be aware of the vast number of expat Brits affected by frozen pensions who are ready to cast their vote. By a quirk of history their plight is being ignored as inflation eats away at their living standards

The huge demonstration in Rome by the Northern League was designed to put it all right in the establishment's face. If this were chess, we'd be in the middle game. But, for the euro and for Italy itself, what will the end game look like?

If you wish to see a true austerity policy then look at Greece. They have had major cuts in public spending, major cash reductions in wages and salaries, major job losses, and mass unemployment. It just seems to go with being in the Euro

Did Putin order Boris Nemtsov's murder? That question risks missing the point. The Russian state is a collection of financial, political and security interests that will do whatever it takes to protect their position. Instilling fear does not require an order from the top

Obama misrepresented episodes from Christian history to exonerate Islamic terror during the National Prayer Breakfast, and he misrepresented Christian virtues like humility to create doubt and moral confusion concerning Islamic terror. What a mess!

In June, we will celebrate with pride the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. But our justice system is at breaking point. There is no rule of law if we have no access to law. And cuts to access leave millions vulnerable. This election year, who will stand up for their rights?

With the latest report on Jimmy Savile in mind, the even wider issue is that the lack of accountability of people in positions of power and influence generally is rapidly becoming one of the great stories of our time

If Scotland is to settle her own income tax, there is no way England would accept a higher rate of income tax voted through with the help of Scottish MP votes at Westminster. We have to get real over powers and rights for the English

The extraordinary case of Roland Dumas, one of France's most senior elder statesmen, highlights the enduring problem of anti-Semitism in France today. His behaviour and his track record is simply astounding

The European Commission has still not made a full and unambiguous statement that it would work to block any attempts to stifle criticism of Islam via de facto blasphemy laws touted by Muslim lobby groups in Brussels

In the cash for access scandal, Malcolm Rifkind got caught on the wrong side of history. He's not corrupt in the legal sense. But the people are rising, and their definition of corruption is very new and dangerous to the old guard

No-one but a fool engages in scaremongering. But using the statistics and analysis of the Muslim Council of Britain, there is a real prospect of a UK Muslim population of 26 million by mid-century. Whatever your politics, serious people need to debate this, sensibly and honestly. No problem there, right?

The reality must surely be dawning on even the most blinkered of Europhiles that the modern European project is incompatible with democracy. Ironically, it is the country that invented the very word democracy that is seeing its freedom most visibly destroyed

The real story of Greece's talks with the EU on austerity is of a massive climbdown by the supposedly anti-austerity Syriza. In this game of thrones the Germans have outgamed the Greeks, and will do the same to Spain, all because of their addiction to the euro